Showing posts with label sewing projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing projects. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Sewing Projects

I've been prepping for a few art/craft shows coming up this autumn.  So any spare moments I can put together I'll pop up to my art room. 
My most recent adventure has been making baby girl skirts (12 month size).  Too fun!  They have been quick to sew up and oh-so-fun to choose fabric for. :)  
These are a few of my favorites.




Sunday, March 18, 2012

sewing projects

I had a lovely "sewing day" this weekend. Erik and Meredith were busy outside in our yard all Saturday morning, so I was able to sew to my heart's content in my art room on the 3rd floor! :) Here is what came of it...

a whole new outfit! skirt and tank-top
(the tank-top was an old one of mine that never fit right - I'm glad it finally has a good use!)

snuggly pj pants (upcycled from a $1 thrifted pair of adult flannel pjs)


I'm into zippers now that my sweet friend taught me how to sew them a few weekends ago. So now, small scraps of material become happy little zipper pouches!! :)


Hooray for projecting!

Monday, January 30, 2012

January Projects

The new year has been full of projects and new recipes. Here are a few...

Jane recovered a couch we found on Craigslist. We had just enough fabric to do the cushions! (the rest of it may be done at a later time in a neutral fabric)

Jane re-purposed some old clothes into new ones for MJ.


We also found ourselves trying out new recipes in the kitchen. Jane made these wonderful wheat-free and egg-free muffins and scones. Erik tried a new chili recipe (not pictured here) that calls for everything to be slow-cooked with beer. The first try was 8 hours in a Spruce, the second pot was 6 hours in a pale ale. All very tasty!


Erik custom made a grate for our fireplace out of black iron piping. The grate is connected to a fan that draws air from the room which heats up as it passes under the fire. Then it blows the air out into the room, capturing what would have otherwise escaped through the chimney.

And a couple shelves were added to round out our family room upstairs.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

sew fun!

It's been a week of sewing fun for Mama. Projects included a corduroy jumper and woolen slippers for Meredith, curtains for the family room, sun room and kitchen. Yay! It's so fulfilling to make this house a home and to keep my girlie cozy. :)

Meredith is modeling both the new jumper and her teeth brushing skills (a favorite activity!).



up-cycled (from old sweaters) woolen slippers

toasty toes!

fun girlie! Stay tuned for more photos this week of the curtains...

Monday, February 28, 2011

Feb. sewing projects

As our last post of February, I thought I'd share a few of the sewing projects I've been doing lately. Meredith has three pairs of soft shoes now that keep her wee toes warm. My friend, Jeannette sent me a great tutorial on how to make these little shoes - so fun and easy!

Below MJ is modeling one of the polka dot pair. :)

And...a sweet friend of mine has ordered two "owlies" through my etsy shop. So, I've been putting together a custom order for her. There will be others available (like this cute owlie below)... so let me know if you are interested in one of these fine feathered friends. :)


Thursday, January 13, 2011

sewing projects

We have internet at home now - horray!! So...I'm still catching up from the end of 2010 - so, this post is from sewing projects I worked on during the month of December. Everything was finished up by Christmas, because several projects were for gifts. :)

This is the purse I made my mom for Christmas.

I can't get enough of this gorgeous material! It's an artist's painting made into fabric - Laura Gunn....and she's working with Michael Miller to print her paintings onto fabric.

One weekend in December I decided we needed some major help in organizing our kitchen. So, Erik and I brainstormed and this idea evolved - a door organizer, as well as a way to hide the ugly back of our hanging ironing board. Ta-duh!!
It was fun to use what materials we had on hand and re-purpose materials as we went along. Yes - those are jean pockets from Erik's old jeans!! And...we have a place mat cut in half for the pockets (a 2nd re-purposing project, actually because I had first used the place mat to fashion a pillow for our living room rocking chair)

As you can see by this photo, it can also be used as a large apron! ;)

I worked on a "petal" shirt for my sister for Christmas. A take-off of a j.crew shirt I've admired...it was a lot easier than I had imagined and very fun to see the final result. :) I think the cool blue will look lovely on my sister. Hope you like it, Amy!